Sayers v. Craven
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court . — Hon. J. D. Perkins, Judge. (1) There was no testimony on the trial showing the reasonable value of the alleged services rendered by the plaintiff for the defendant in reference to the Shoemaker land; nor was there any testimony whatever, showing or tending to show that the pretended services had any value whatever.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court . — Hon. J. D. Perkins, Judge. (1) There was no testimony on the trial showing the reasonable value of the alleged services rendered by the plaintiff for the defendant in reference to the Shoemaker land; nor was there any testimony whatever, showing or tending to show that the pretended services had any value whatever. The court, therefore, erred in giving the instruction to the jury authorizing a recovery on the first count of plaintiff’s petition and the verdict of the jury giving plaintiff $100 on this count is not supported by the evidence. (2) Evidence of…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
We adopt the following statement of the pleadings by appellant as it is admitted to be correct:
The plaintiff’s petition is in three counts. In the first count he seeks to recover the sum of $750, as the reasonable value of services alleged to have been rendered by him for the defendant in advertising and talking up, and using his best efforts to 'create a general public opinion that certain lands, known as the Shoemaker land, in which defendant was interested, were valuable for zinc and lead.
In the second count plaintiff alleged that he had an option on the mine known as the Mark Hanna mine,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Murray v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Rhodes v. City of NevadaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Loe v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bradner v. Rockdale Powder Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905